How we get bent on Monday nights

We got bent at work.

Cash Doctors organised for a yoga instructor to come to the office on Monday night.

We cleared the room, moved the ping pong table to the side and lay down a bunch of mats.

Mine was purple.

I’m not much of a yoga champion but I gave it a go.

Boy, oh boy.

Failure 1: Incorrect choice of clothing
Severe lack of material in my shorts – may as well have just worn underpants. My top was too loose and fell over my eyes whenever I did anything upside-down – which was most of the time. With my hair constantly falling into my face, I achieved an overall look of ‘awkward’.

Failure 2: Breathing
“Today is just about breathing correctly, in, out, in, out”, says the instructor. My breathing was more of an in, in, out, in, out, out, out, in, stop breathing altogether…then in a bit. Balancing in a downward dog with my right foot flailing somewhere above my head made it a very difficult time to be thinking about breathing.

Winner: Sore the next day
Although I consider my first class a collection of uncoordinated, awkward moments – I was sore the next day. I’m pretty sure that’s a positive sign.

Success!

Here are some pictures I took of the team…

The “upward facing dog”

Sometimes we fail a bit in life – balancing in yoga, wearing the right clothing or even keeping our finances in order.

But I guess that’s fine.

Zen out.

Edda